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Very detailed Africa travelogue with lots of information for anyone planning a trip. Indexed for easy reference. 11 Countries over 3 months.
3 months in Africa -- detailed travelogue, travel tips, indexed
Larry2006-05-27 03:11:54
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/>their neck).
The road from Mzuzu to Lilongwe goes through mountains, and has plenty of
pine forests and North American scenery (though with lots of red clay and
red bricks thrown into the picture). For part of the trip, I sat on the
cooler at the front of the bus with DJ, looking at everyone and talking for
a bit before reading the local Malawi newspaper I picked up in Mzuzu ("The
Nation" -- which had for its motto "Freedom of expression the birthright of
all" [sic]). Alongside the road, lots of people would stop to wave and
smile at us as we passed, and we tried to pass the hours as best we could.
For lunch at the side of the road, we had baloney sandwiches (of which we
were allowed only 3 slices per person). Earlier in the day while at the
supermarket, DJ (finally fed up with having only cold dusty oats for
breakfast) asked Carmen if she could buy some Corn Flakes (as Carmen was
buying other supplies for us -- and plenty of snacks for herself), but
Carmen responded with a "no", saying "there's stuff like that on the truck"
(which there wasn't). The quality (and lack of) food was beginning to
bother the group at this point with good reason: clean, well-stocked
supermarkets like the one we had just visited were readily available, yet
our guides seemed unwilling to stock up on supplies except for their own
huge stashes of snacks, food, and booze -- which we all suspected was coming
from our money, for our money certainly wasn't being used to buy food for
US. It was no wonder Carmen and Laroux never ONCE ate breakfast or lunch
with the group: they had their own private stash of food (surely bought with
our funds), and would be foolish to eat what we were being given.
During the long ride, I still had a bit of an upset stomach, and had to
go to the bathroom. Because Carmen had removed the phone from the bus, I
had
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Botswana Gallery
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Cape Verde Gallery
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Kenya Gallery
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Lesotho Gallery
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Malawi Gallery
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Mauritius Gallery
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Swaziland Gallery
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Tanzania Gallery
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Zambia Gallery
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Zimbabwe Gallery
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Susan J, 2008-01-28 14:00:20